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2d 236
On December 29, 1961, the appellant had filed with the Tax Exemption Board
an application for tax exemptions and subsidies as then provided by the Act of
July 5, 1957, No. 224. Scheduled to take effect two days later on January 1,
1962, was the Act of November 3, 1961, No. 798, 33 V.I.C. 4001 et seq.,
which repealed and superceded the Act of 1957 and did not include the
construction and operation of apartment houses as a business among those for
which tax exemptions and subsidies could be granted. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this new legislation, the acting governor did issue to the plaintiff
When the Government of the Virgin Islands subsequently refused to honor the
exemption certificate, the appellant instituted suit in the District Court below.
The court denied relief, holding that the grant issued by the acting governor
was invalid and ineffective. We agree.